Josef Čapek (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1 August 1902 | ||
| Place of birth | Austro-Hungary | ||
| Date of death | 5 May 1983 (aged 80) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1914–1915 | Viktoria Žižkov | ||
| 1915–1919 | Slavia Prague | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1919 | Slavia Prague | ||
| 1920 | Vojvodina | ||
| 1921–1927 | Slavia Prague | ? | (11) |
| 1928–1931 | Kladno | ? | (12) |
| National team | |||
| 1923–1926 | Czechoslovakia | 7 | (8) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1941-1946 | Polaban Nymburk | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Josef Čapek (1 August 1902 – 5 May 1983[1]) was a Czech footballer who played for SK Slavia Prague, SK Kladno and the Czechoslovak national team.
Career
Born in Prague[2] in 1902, he begin playing with Viktoria Žižkov in 1914[3] but in 1915 he joined the youth team of Slavia Prague.[4] In 1920 Čapek had a short spell in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia playing with FK Vojvodina,[5] a club with traditional connection with Slavia Prague. He returned to Slavia and stayed until 1928, winning the first edition of the Czechoslovak First League with them in 1925.[6]
In 1927 he moved to another Czechoslovak First League club, SK Kladno, where he played until 1931.
He later coached Polaban Nymburk[7] between 1941 and 1946.[3]
National team
He represented the Czechoslovakia national team on seven occasions, scoring eight goals. His debut was on 1 July 1923, in a friendly match against Romania (a 6-0 win, with Čapek scoring twice) and his farewell match was on 28 October 1926 in a friendly match against Italy (a 3-1 win, with Čapek again scoring twice).[8] He was member of the Czechoslovakia squad at the 1924 Olympics having played as number 10 in the first match against Turkey in a 5-2 win with him scoring the fifth goal,[9] and in the second match against Switzerland, that ended with a 1-1 draw.[10] Two days later a second match was played against Switzerland with Čapek being an unused substitute and ending with Czechoslovakia losing 0-1.
References
- ↑ Josef Čapek at Worldfootball.
- ↑ Playerhistory.com
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Češký a československý fotbal - lexikon osobností a klubů by Luboš Jeřábek, pag. 32
- ↑ 1919 season at Slavia Prague official website.
- ↑ 1920 season at FKVojvodina.com.
- ↑ 1925 season at Slavia Prague official website.
- ↑ http://books.google.fr/books?id=4ErKtwjzyv8C&pg=PA71&lpg=PA71&dq=RH+CHEB+TRENER&source=bl&ots=zo9QIHLYBi&sig=SBvqsAB6ShdQVbaDHP4CRD-hUzc&hl=fr&sa=X&ei=CkqXUd_dIYOEhQfcuYHoBg&ved=0CFwQ6AEwBjgU#v=onepage&q=tren%C3%A9r&f=false
- ↑ Josef Čapek at Czech Football Association official website.
- ↑ Match report 1924: Czechoslovakia vs Turkey at FIFA.com.
- ↑ Match report 1924: Czechoslovakia vs Switzerland at FIFA.com.
External links
- Josef Čapek at National-Football-Teams.com